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May 06, 2008

Best project

There's no question the best long-term, diamond-in-the-rough project the Bills added from the college ranks is tackle Demetrius Bell, the son of NBA great Karl Malone. He didn't play any football in his life before August 2005. His high school in Louisiana didn't have a football team, and he went to college on a basketball scholarship to Northwestern (La.) State. Said Mel Kiper: "Bell has outstanding natural athleticism; there were times watching him on tape where he'd be 30 yards downfield making blocks on defensive backs." Bell is very green and needs to bulk up in the weight room and spend a lot of time learning technique. He's 6-5 and 303 pounds. So you probably have to check back on him two years from now, in training camp entering the 2010 season. But if anyone fits the "next Jason Peters mold" -- keeping in mind there's only one Jason Peters -- then Bell is it.

---Mark Gaughan

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